Unni Karin Moksnes
Background and activities
Background
2021: Professor
2011 - 2020: Associate Professor, Department of Nursing Science, HiST / Department of public health and nursing
2007-2011: Phd, Department of Social Work and Health Sciences, NTNU
2004-2006: Master Degree, Department of Social Work and Health Sciences, NTNU
2001-2004: Bachelor Degree, Faculty of Nursing, Sør- Trøndelag University College
2000-2001: Elementary course in psychology, NTNU
Research
Mental health in adolescents
Main focus is health and well-being in adolescents 13-18 years, from public elementary and secondary schools. Some of the research is framed in a health promoting perspective with use of the salutogenic theory
Research focus
- Normative stressors in adolescents daily in association with mental health (symptoms of depression/anxiety, mental wellbeing, satisfaction with life).
- The role of personal coping resources in association with stress, mental health and wellbeing such as:
- Self-esteem
- Sense of coherence
- Self-efficacy
- Resilience
- Psychometric assessment of instruments measuring stress, sense of coherence and life satisfaction
Project leader of the project "Personal and contextual factors explaining mental health in adolescents" For more information: https://www.ntnu.edu/chpr/mental-health-in-adolescents
Appointments
Leader for the research area “Education and upbringing within Center for Health Promotion Research from 2009 – 2014.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2021) The role of perceived loneliness and sociodemographic factors in association with subjective mental and physical health and well-being in Norwegian adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
- (2021) Protective and risk factors associated with psychological distress in cancer-bereaved parents: a cross-sectional study. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. vol. 51.
- (2020) Sense of Coherence in Association with Stress Experience and Health in Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). vol. 17 (3003).
- (2020) Bullying, social support and adolescents' mental health: Results from a follow-up study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
- (2020) Social Support, Bullying, School-related Stress and Mental Health in Adolescence. Nordic Psychology. vol. 72 (4).
- (2019) Self-esteem and mental health in adolescents - level and stability during a school year. Norsk Epidemiologi. vol. 28 (1-2).
- (2019) Resilience as a predictive factor towards a healthy adjustment to grief after the loss of a child to cancer. PLOS ONE. vol. 14 (3).
- (2018) Exploring MEST: a new universal teaching strategy for school health services to promote positive mental health literacy and mental wellbeing among Norwegian adolescents. BMC Health Services Research. vol. 18 (1001).
- (2018) Life satisfaction in association with self-efficacy and stressor experience in adolescents – self-efficacy as a potential moderator. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences.
- (2018) Translation and linguistic validation of a swedish study-specific questionnaire for use among Norwegian parents who lost a child to cancer. Social Sciences. vol. 7:187 (10).
- (2017) Positive mental health literacy:development and validation of a measureamong Norwegian adolescents. BMC Public Health. vol. 17 (1).
- (2017) The Relationship Between Positive Mental Health Literacy and Mental Well-Being Among Adolescents: Implications for School Health Services. Journal of School Nursing. vol. 35 (2).
- (2017) Stress, sense of coherence and subjective health in adolescents aged 13-18 years. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. vol. 45 (4).
- (2017) Validation of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents in Norwegian adolescents 13 - 18 years. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. vol. 32 (1).
- (2017) The association between stress, resilience, and emotional symptoms in Norwegian adolescents from 13 to 18 years old. Journal of Health Psychology. vol. 24 (8).
- (2017) Validations of two versions of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale among Norwegian adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. vol. 46 (7).
- (2016) Intrapersonal self-transcendence, meaning-in-life and nurse–patient interaction: powerful assets for quality of life in cognitively intact nursing-home patients. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. vol. 30 (4).
- (2016) The association between stress, self-esteem and depressive symptoms in adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. vol. 57 (1).
- (2016) The association between self-esteem and sense of coherence in adolescents aged 13–18 years—The role of sex and age differences. Personality and Individual Differences. vol. 90.
- (2015) Do Optimism and Pessimism Mediate the Relationship between Religious Coping and Existential Well-Being? Examining Mechanisms in a Norwegian Population Sample. The international journal for the psychology of religion. vol. 25 (2).